[doubloon]

Reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide … they had to figure out the right question to ask.

[dvh]

Is it true that they give out free BMWs in Moscow? Yes, it is true! But it's not Moscow but St. Petersburg. And it's not BMWs but Ladas. And they don't give them out, they steal them.

[dloranc]

This is a variation of famous jokes about Radio Yerevan, very popular in former soviet states.

I live in Poland and I know this version:

Is it true that they give away cars on Red Square?

Radio Yerevan answers: not cars, only bicycles, not on Red Square, but near the Warsaw station, and they don't give them away, they steal them.

[Joker_vD]

So all in all, still a mostly accurate news reporting, as they go.